Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Area harvested in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Area harvested was 28,252 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Area harvested in Sierra Leone, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested in Sierra Leone is 28,252 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 1,289.0% on the previous year and up 1,836.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested in Sierra Leone peaked at 28,252 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 300 ha, in 1961.
Sierra Leone ranks 22nd of 73 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Area harvested in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 310 ha | +3.3% |
| 1967 | 320 ha | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 320 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 320 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 316 ha | -1.2% |
| 1971 | 350 ha | +10.8% |
| 1972 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 450 ha | +28.6% |
| 1974 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 500 ha | +11.1% |
| 1977 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 550 ha | +10.0% |
| 1979 | 550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 500 ha | -9.1% |
| 1985 | 560 ha | +12.0% |
| 1986 | 580 ha | +3.6% |
| 1987 | 600 ha | +3.4% |
| 1988 | 620 ha | +3.3% |
| 1989 | 620 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 650 ha | +4.8% |
| 1991 | 660 ha | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 667 ha | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 633 ha | -5.1% |
| 1994 | 650 ha | +2.7% |
| 1995 | 700 ha | +7.7% |
| 1996 | 715 ha | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 723 ha | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 749 ha | +3.6% |
| 1999 | 715 ha | -4.5% |
| 2000 | 750 ha | +4.9% |
| 2001 | 800 ha | +6.7% |
| 2002 | 1,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 2003 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 2004 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 2005 | 1,150 ha | -4.2% |
| 2006 | 1,250 ha | +8.7% |
| 2007 | 1,200 ha | -4.0% |
| 2008 | 1,300 ha | +8.3% |
| 2009 | 1,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 2010 | 1,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 2011 | 1,440 ha | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 1,400 ha | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 1,450 ha | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 1,459 ha | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 1,460 ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 1,515 ha | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 1,530 ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 1,534 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 1,594 ha | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 2,735 ha | +71.6% |
| 2021 | 2,919 ha | +6.7% |
| 2022 | 3,338 ha | +14.4% |
| 2023 | 2,034 ha | -39.1% |
| 2024 | 28,252 ha | +1289.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 307.78 ha | 300 ha | 320 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 446.6 ha | 316 ha | 550 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 568 ha | 500 ha | 620 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 686.2 ha | 633 ha | 749 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,115 ha | 750 ha | 1,400 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,488 ha | 1,400 ha | 1,594 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,856 ha | 2,034 ha | 28,252 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2954 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 250 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5407 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 29.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 29.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.4% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested in Sierra Leone?
- Broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested in Sierra Leone was 28,252 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 28,252 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 300 ha in 1961.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested?
- Sierra Leone ranks 22nd out of 73 countries with data for 2024.
- Is broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1,836.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.